Kanjani8's Ryuhei Maruyama To Play As A Teacher In New Film "Entaku"

Kanjani8's Ryuhei Maruyama has been chosen to be part of the cast for the new film "Entaku" (round table). Together with child actress Mana Ashida, the one playing as the protagonist in the story, Maruyama will be her homeroom teacher 'Jibiki'.

Maruyama gave his full efforts for the role as he tried out a bearded look and spoke the Kansai dialect. The classroom scenes were filmed last July in Osaka. "Entaku" which was based on Kanako Nishi's original novel is about the growth of third grader 'Kotoko Uzuhara' (Ashida).

Directed by Yukisada Isao, the film is slated for a June 2014 release.